Jay-Z Says He'll Collaborate with Nas on Hip-Hop is Dead

Jay-Z recently held a live chat session with fans on Rocafella.com, where he finally laid the rumored Nas collaboration to rest. Check out Jay's response and other interesting highlights below:

• True: Will you appear on Nas' Def Jam debut Hip Hop Is Dead?
• Jay-Z: Absolutely!

• JDSmallz: Any news on Foxy Brown?
• Jay-Z: Foxy Brown has completely recovered and got her hearing back. She will be back in the studio next month

• mc2da: Who's coming with you on the UK tour?
• Jay-Z: It's a global tour. I hope to have The Roots on some dates and maybe Rihanna and Ne-Yo. We'll see...

• Kappachin023: Since you and Beyonce have such a great chemistry together on record, have you thought about a Bonnie and Clyde album... maybe Jay and B. together for like 16 tracks?
• Jay-Z: The last time I tried that it ended with horrrible results... don't think I'll be trying that again. Can anybody say "Best of Both Worlds"?

• SOHH: Did you think [to] reach out to Jaz-O or Nas to join you on stage last night
• Jay-Z: Yeah, I did, but he (Jaz-O) continued to air out things in public. So I figured, what's the sense? He's still holding onto baggage. And as far as Nas, we already did that at the I Declare War show.

• Cap: When's the last time you wrote a verse down?
• Jay-Z: The 2nd verse of "Can I Live"

• manatarms: Who's the rookie of the year?
• Jay-Z: Lil' Wayne for sure

• pauliez: Does the infamous Jay Z life ever get old?
• Jay-Z: Yeah, when you're eating and theres a camera lens on your spaghetti.

Good to hear about Foxy Brown (no pun intended). But, Lil' Wayne as 'rookie of the year'? I guess Wayne's first 4 albums tanked so much that Jay-Z mistook Tha Carter II for his debut. Speaking of Jay-Z, isn't it interesting how he orchestrated that 10 Year Anniversary Concert to coincide with the "Making of Reasonable Doubt" issue of XXL Magazine that hit newsstands a couple days after the concert? Genius.

Full Jay-Z Chat Transcript

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